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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Christopher A. Gregory, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Nathan C. Wier, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A powered cooking accessory for use in an oven includes a body receivable within an interior of the oven and a first electronic device received within a portion of the body. The accessory further includes a device coupling extending from the body and having a power coupling exposed thereon and electrically connected with the electronic device. The device coupling has an identification element encoded with information regarding at least one characteristic of the accessory and is coupleable with the oven to receive electrical power from the oven and to communicate the information encoded with the identification element to the oven.